Toolbars and Menus

Main Toolbar

Reset recipe

Creates a new empty analysis.

Save

Saves the current analysis.

Save As

Saves the current analysis into a recipe with a given name and notes.

Undo/Redo

These buttons implement a standard undo/redo functionality.

Import

Imports an analysis from a .ga3 file.

Export

Exports the current analysis into a .ga3 file.

HTML export

Exports the current analysis into a .html file.

Activate document

Brings the image being processed forward.

Crop document

Opens the Crop preview document where the size and dimensions of the current image can be cropped. The user can enter numeral values of the crop or directly resize and move the red rectangle in the image and select a loop range of the document. Use the Crop dimensions slider to set the dimension range or use Ctrl + (Shift) + click to select the document frames for the preview (highlighted green) and click the secondary mouse button to confirm the selection. Once the crop is confirmed by clicking OK, a new cropped document is opened.

Edit wizard

Opens the Edit Wizard dialog window used for adjusting and activating nodes being marked Show in wizard. After clicking the Edit Task Description button, the description of each node and any inserted thumbnails can be adjusted using the top toolbar tools or using the HTML View (HTML 4 markup).

Show help

Opens the help file.

Define preview ROI

Preview ROI is used for previewing purposes to speed up the analysis definition. It defines a region of interest in the Define preview ROI dialog window or directly by resizing and moving the red rectangle in the image and selecting a loop range of the document. Use the ND dimensions slider to set the dimension range or use Ctrl + (Shift) + click to select the document frames for the preview (highlighted green) and click the secondary mouse button to confirm the selection. Information about the ROI selection is shown next to the button. To reset the ROI to the full size/full frames of the original image, click on Delete preview ROI.

3D

Switches the node list from 2D to 3D nodes.

Search

This search box can be used to quickly find a node. Type in the name of a node, select it from the list of found results and click on it. It is then highlighted in the list below.

Show task panel

Shows/hides the task panel. Hiding the panel is useful for observing more complex analyses.

Preview

If turned on, a preview of the analysis is shown in the processed image. Progress bar is shown until the preview is generated.

Run

Performs the defined analysis on the linked image.

Modify run options

Reveals two run options:

  • Create new document - creates a new image document once the analysis run is finished.

  • Apply only on current frame - performs the analysis just on the current image frame.

Add comment

Any custom comment can be created using the Rich text editor and added to the graph area .

Adjusts the zoom factor to view the graph in its original size.

Fit zoom

Zooms the graph to fit in the window.

Context menu over a node

Enable/Disable

Turns the node on/off. Disabled nodes are not used in the analysis.

Delete

Deletes the selected node.

Open help

Opens the help of the specific node.

Locate

Highlights the selected node in the node list.

Rename

Renames the selected action.

Make Function

If two and more nodes are selected, they can be merged into a single function using this command. The inner nodes can be edited (Edit Function) or restored back (Decompose Function). Please see Functions, groups and sections for details.

Make Group

Groups all selected nodes together. To ungroup the actions, click Decompose Group.

Show/Hide in wizard

Marks the selected action with a symbol and puts it into the GA3 Wizard which is shown just after clicking Run. Once you go through all steps of the wizard and adjust parameters of all the actions, click Run to execute the analysis.

Duplicate

Duplicates the selected action.

Dynamic parameters

Adds more table inputs which can be used to refine the action and filter its output. For example find Segmentation > Spot detections > Bright Spots on a channel, add a dynamic parameter P1: Spots.Diameter and connect it to records from a different measurement containing EqDiameter data. The Segmentation > Spot detections > Bright Spots action is refined and the outcome respects the EqDiameter information.

To add a dynamic parameter check the first check box in the Dynamic Parameters table and a new input with its name is shown above the node.

Context menu over a result

Store this result / Do not store this result

Defines whether the selected result is saved or not after the analysis is run.

Set description

Can be used to add custom description to the selected result or use the default one.

Select All

Selects all nodes in the layout.

Color

Can be used for changing color of the selected result.

Move Layer

Can be used to move the selected result above or below other results so that the preview and outcome can be properly seen.

Make New Channel

A new channel is added to the source image.

Rename

Renames the selected result.

Make new layer

Creates a new binary layer which can be viewed in the Binary Layers (View > Analysis Controls > Binary Layers ) panel.

Change layer to

Takes the binary layer of the current node and moves it into the selected layer.

Move layer

Changes the order of the binary layer of the current node.

Record Options

Each record is represented by a complex table. The following options are available:

Tab Results

Results are shown as tabs (only one result is visible at once).

Split Results

Results are shown at once splitting the Analysis Results window.

Split Horizontally

Results are splitted horizontally (e.g. table data are shown next to their graph interpretation).

Split Vertically

Results are splitted vertically.

Show Statistics

Summary statistics for all records in the table are shown at the bottom.

Export

Exports the current records to MS Excel or Clipboard. Choose an option from the drop-down menu.

Select binary objects

The binary object selected in the table is highlighted in the image after clicking this button.

Modify Table Columns

Enables the user to select which columns are shown in the records table, change their name, format, and precision.

Display Tracking

Turns on all the tracking features set in the tracking Settings... found under the drop-down arrow. These features help visualize objects tracked using Tracking nodes.

For more information about tracking capabilities, please see Tracking.